Signed during a ceremony at the recent JEC Composites Show (March 24-26, Paris, France), a collaborative agreement between GKN Aerospace (Isle of Wight, U.K.) and SLCR Lasertechnik (Duren, Germany) has initiated joint investigation of the use of automated lasers in composite aircraft structure repair. Intended to replace the manual grinding currently required to prepare damaged surfaces for bonding, the laser technique reportedly will apply no force or vibration to the structure and, therefore, will have no detrimental impact on the composite component's strength or integrity.
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